How do those who come out of cohesive families, but themselves remain single, deal with their loss of family as primary community? What are the core elements of experiences of rejection or inclusion? Many people seem to find meaning from how they are, or are not, relating to other people. Is that meaning entrenched in the hearts of all?
Definition of COMMUNITY (from Merriam-Webster online)
Everyone experiences community in at least one of the ways described by the definitions above. My favorite combination of those definitions would be: a unified body of various kinds of individuals, interacting together in a common location and linked by common interests or beliefs.
My family as community could be described as: a group of individuals with a common history, sharing their emotions, reflections, and decisions with each other. That was my first community, and my primary community for 18 years. I wonder how it shaped my view of communities now.
Definition of COMMUNITY (from Merriam-Webster online)
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: a unified body of individuals: asa : state, commonwealthb : the people with common interests living in a particular area; broadly : the area itself <the problems of a largecommunity>c : an interacting population of various kinds of individuals (as species) in a common locationd : a group of people with a common characteristic or interest living together within a larger society <a communityof retired persons>e : a group linked by a common policyf : a body of persons or nations having a common history or common social, economic, and political interests <the international community>g : a body of persons of common and especially professional interests scattered through a larger society <the academiccommunity>
Everyone experiences community in at least one of the ways described by the definitions above. My favorite combination of those definitions would be: a unified body of various kinds of individuals, interacting together in a common location and linked by common interests or beliefs.
My family as community could be described as: a group of individuals with a common history, sharing their emotions, reflections, and decisions with each other. That was my first community, and my primary community for 18 years. I wonder how it shaped my view of communities now.
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